The Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli Defense Ministry announced Monday that they will be evacuating 28 communities along the northern border with Lebanon. Northern Israeli residents who live in the area up to 2 kilometers, or about 1.2 miles, from the
Pubs need tax break and financial support (Image: Getty) British pubs are the “beating hearts” of their communities and are run by “hero” landlords and landladies, according to a new report. They employ 936,000 workers, generate £28bn for the economy and deliver
Indigenous communities residing in the northeastern region of Nicaragua are grappling with a growing menace posed by armed assailants resorting to kidnappings and violence to forcefully seize ancestral lands. These intruders are driven by commercial interests such as agriculture, ranching, and timber
A number of popular subreddits restricted users from accessing information from June 12-14 as a form of protest against Reddit’s new policies that they say are severely hampering third-party apps. A subreddit is a topic-specific community on the website Reddit. Subreddits range
Fire crews battled wildfires threatening communities in western Canada on Sunday as cooler temperatures and a bit of rain brought some relief, but officials warned the reprieve came only in some areas. Officials in Alberta said there were 108 active fires in
Brazil’s government is directing $30 million to bolster school safety in the wake of a deadly hatchet attack on a day care that left four children dead and five other kids injured. By the determination of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da
Melting mountain glaciers pose a growing flood risk to some 15 million people around the world, researchers said in a report published on Tuesday, with communities in Asia facing the biggest danger. Runoff from melting glaciers often pools in shallow lakes, held
Hsing Yun, a Buddhist abbot who established a thriving religious community in southern Taiwan and built universities overseas, has died. He was 95. He established Fo Guang Shan monastery in 1967, aiming to propagate Buddhist humanitarian values. It would go on to
New York has become the latest state to green light human composting, angering Catholic communities. The state’s Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation on the practice this weekend, allowing human remains to be used as soil. The Big Apple became the sixth state